Skovshoved

Skovshoved Church, seen from the west

Skovshoved is a former fishing village on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area is part of Gentofte Municipality.

History

Skovser women, c. 1800

Early history

The first known reference to Skovshoved (Scogshouet) is from 1275. The locality was associated with its fish wives, known as Skovserkoner, who would carry the day's catch in caskets on their back to the fish market at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen. The first harbor was built in 1869 but the current Skovshoved Harbour is from 1938.^[1]

20th century

Skovshoved Parish was disjoined from that of Ordrup in 1915. With the construction of the new Coastal Road in 1936-38, Skovshoved gradually developed into a suburb of Copenhagen.

Landmarks

Rydhave, the residence of the US Ambassador

Much of the old fishing village has survived. Built in, Rydhave, now the residence of the United States' Ambassador to Denmark, is an example of the country houses that was built in the area in the late 19th and early 20th century.^[2]

Skovshoved Church is from 1915 and was designed by Alfred Brandt. The listed Skovshoved Petrol Station was completed to a Modernist design by Arne Jacobsen in 1936.^[3]

Notable people

Kasper Eistrup (born 1973), musician, was born in Skovshoved

References

↑ "Skovshoved" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
↑ "Rydhave" (PDF). American Embassy. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
↑ "Arne Jacobsens Tankstation". AOK. Retrieved 2009-06-27.

Gentofte Municipality

Neighbourhoods	Charlottenlund Gentofte Hellerup Jægersborg Klampenborg Ordrup Skovshoved Tuborg Havn Vangede

Parks and open spaces	Bernstorff Park Bellevue Beach Park Forstbotanisk Have Charlottenlund Beach Park Gammelmose Gentofte Lake Hellerup Cemetery Mariebjerg Cemetery

Culture and attractions	Bellevue Theatre Experimentarium Ordrupgaard Øregård Museum

Churches	Dyssegård Church Gentofte Church Hellerup Church Helleruplund Church Jægersborg Church Church of the Messiah Ordrup Church Skovshoved Church Vangede Church

Other landmarks	Bellavista Bernstorff Memorial Bernstorff Palace Charlottenlund Palace Charlottenlund Racetrack Gentofte Hospital Gentofte Stadion Hvidøre Munkegaard School Sølyst

Railway stations	Bernstorffsvej station Gentofte station Jægersborg station Klampenborg Station Ordrup station Skodsborg Station

Coordinates: 55°45′35″N 12°35′22″E / 55.7597°N 12.5894°E / 55.7597; 12.5894

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